Why do these Things Keep Happening to Me? Babies 50 and 51

It was strange. I was already half way done with my baby challenge. I started it hoping just to prove all those people wrong. The people who thought a person like me would never be able to complete a big challenge like that. And once along the line, not too long ago, I thought they were right. I thought I proved their points and they were behind me laughing at how big of an idiot I was.

Look where I am now! I'm at baby fifty of my one hundred baby challenge! It took me nearly a year, but I finally made it. If it really takes me a year to get to fifty babies, I don't want to imagine how long it will be until I get to baby one hundred.

A few days after Midnight and Platinum were born, I headed out to pick up the next father's ingredients. He was the same father my best friend Skye used for her fiftieth baby, so I thought it would be fun to use the same man. Both of our half way children would be siblings! After doing what needed to be done, I came home and Skye was standing in my foyer, staring at me. "Um..."  I stuttered. "Skye?"

"ELLO MY DEAR PARKER!" she exclaimed, twirling around in circles as I rubbed my forehead.

"And I thought this was going to be a quiet pregnancy," I muttered under my breath. Don't get me wrong, I love the girl more than anything. But come on! SHE'S PSYCHO. She grabbed my wrist and sprinted out the 

door, ME in tow. "Where are we going?" I asked between breaths.

"No matter!" she assured me. "You just relax and enjoy the ride!"

"THE RIDE? You mean the ride where I'm being dragged behind an insane chick with teal hair? GUESS AGAIN."

She laughed and we stopped dead once we got to the airport. My feet felt like they were going to fall off, but Skye didn't let me sit down and rest. Oh no, she didn't allow that until we were on a plane to somewhere she wouldn't tell me about!

"Where are we going?" I asked once I had finally relaxed in first class.

"Not telling you!"

This went on, back and forth, until the flight came to a close hours later.

"WE'RE HERE," she proclaimed, standing up and once again pulling me along with her. When I took a look around, I realized we were in a desert. Upon closer inspection, I noticed casinos everywhere.

"Oh no," I moaned. "Casinos? WHY IN THE HELL ARE WE HERE?"

She smiled and patted my head. "Calm down youngling. We aren't the only two who are here!" The minute she said that, a few of my favorite people in the whole world appeared: Laura Johanson, Calista Smith, Amber Lights-Masons, Hadley Reed-Pope and Ellie Wyntre. "We are in Lucky Palms, the perfect place to gamble! I heard you say the other day that you've never even set foot in a casino, so we decided we need to change that."

The other mothers smiled and began to walk to our destination that no one would tell me about. My eyes landed on Amber, so I decided to start up a conversation. I had only met her once in the duration of my challenge, but she was my idol. My role model. Amber was the reason I began my challenge, and it meant the world to me that she was here, especially since she was no longer a challenge mother.

We talked for a while before I felt like I was crowding her and I decided it was time to speak with Calista. I hadn't spoken one-on-one with most of my old friends in a while, with the exception of Laura and Skye. Calista and I talked about her cheating boyfriend Luke for a while and her son's sim fu master, Adam before I expressed my worries about life. I had known Calista since the very start and I was lucky enough to call her one of my closest friends. I wasn't sure that she felt the same way, but it still made me happy that she 

could attend Skye's party.

Suddenly, I felt extremely bad that I didn't throw a party for Skye's fiftieth baby. "It's alright," Calista assured me. "I'm sure Skye wouldn't have wanted one either."

"I don't even want one!"

She chuckled and Amber tapped her shoulder to get her attention. Hadley found her way over to me and we spoke for a while about each other's problems. For the last couple minutes of our walk down the streets of Lucky Palms, Laura, Ellie, Skye and I walked behind the other three silently.

When we got to our destination (a casino) Skye was immediately in party mode. "DRINK ALL THE ALCOHOL!" she screamed, throwing her arm up in the air.

"Challenge accepted," I breathed and we all headed to the bar. By this point it was about eight at night and it was Skye's plan to get us all drunk. Is that all she thinks we're good for? I couldn't get drunk because I was worried I might be pregnant and wouldn't want to risk hurting my child, but I did go gamble a bit. Just for fun.

Calista decided on staying sober, too, and joined me, but never actually bet anything. Hadley, Laura, Skye, Ellie and Amber, however, got beyond drunk.

At some point in the night, Skye tried to strip off her shirt and run around naked, but Calista was able to calm her down and talk some sense into her.

Amber began dancing on the tables, but I must say, she looked mighty fine while she did so. A few times, in her drunken state, she would slip and fall off of the table, but she would always pull herself up and begin dancing again.

Laura and Ellie were throwing back drinks like it was the end of the world, which made me giggle. Eventually everyone, even the sober Calista, ended up on the tables dancing the night away.

Sadly, near the end of the night we had to go back to the hotel and in the morning we were to go home. It was a nice trip and definitely worth taking, but honestly I missed home. Sure, I had only been gone a day, but a day spent with Skye feels like an eternity.

When our plane finally landed back in Sunset Valley, I invited the girls over to my house. They all accepted, even Amber, surprisingly. We basically just partied in the basement for a few hours-- foosball, pinball, darts, dancing, T.V., and many other things-- until Amber had to get home to her family, Skye was beckoned home by her girlfriend, Laura and Calista needed to get to their kids and Hadley wanted to go back to her husband.

So, once again, I was left alone in my huge house. Thankfully, I had kids this time that would make me feel less lonely. I decided it was time to age them up:

Laura turns into a beautiful teenager with a love of life and a need to make everyone around her smile. She is constantly laughing and when she gets in one of those moods that all teens seem to have, she likes to play pranks on her ol' mom. Sometimes I will sit down and a fake fart will ring out, or when I flush the toilet water will splash out at me. I love that girl, but when she gets like that it can be rather annoying.

Midnight and Platinum are the best of friends. After Andie and Wendy, babies sixteen and seventeen, I always sighed with relief when my twins got along. Midnight was beautiful with her flowing red hair and emerald eyes. Platinum was identical to his sister, eyes and all, and if Midnight didn't have long hair you'd never be able to tell them apart.

My stomach was slightly bigger and I was getting anxious to meet baby fifty. Soon, all I could think about was what I was going to do after the challenge. I barely had a life before I started, so what would happen when I finished? I knew I wouldn't get as lucky as Amber: a husband and perfect little family may not happen. Jesse and I had been growing apart as of late. Skye had her girlfriend, Ellie, that she would marry after she finished. Who did I have? A boyfriend that didn't even like to look at me? Recently, Jess was spending all of his time at work.

Yeah, work. Does work go by the name of Jessica and have huge, fake boobs? NO! I saw in his wallet, something I knew he didn't want me to see. Every part of her was obviously fake, even her hair was a disgusting platinum blonde.

I didn't give cheaters second chances.

Who was I? Why did all of the men I thought were good end up hurting me in ways I almost couldn't move on from? James abandoned me for a French woman and started his perfect life with her, Jack tried to KILL me and Jesse...

I thought he was different.

Obviously not. When he got home, I slammed all of his filthy belongings into his arms, pushing him out the door and slammed it in his face. "I KNOW ABOUT JESSICA!" I screamed, turning the lock and slinking down the wall. I bawled for what was probably an hour, holding my legs in my arms. For a while, Jesse stood outside, pounding on the door.

"Paisley! Open the door!" he would scream. "Tell me what I did wrong! PLEASE! I'll fix it! And who's Jessica!? Paisley!" Eventually he gave up, probably because it started to pour rain, and left the property. I knew I'd have to deal with him later but for then I just wanted to forget about my newest problem and have the baby.

I fell into bed, wiped my tears away and fell asleep.

I spent the better part of five months on him, loving him with all my heart, and how does this damned relationship end? HE CHEATS ON ME.

No one will ever love me, right? Is it really that unthinkable to be loved unconditionally? For the rest of my life by one man? APPARENTLY SO.

I almost fell back into my depression, but this time I was determined to move on with my life as quickly as I could. Skye could immediately tell that something wasn't right when she came over on my third day of pregnancy.

"What's up?" she asked.

"Jesse cheated on me."

She gulped, wide eyed, her mouth open, and said, "What did you do?"

Anger flooded over me. "What did I do? HE cheated on ME. How could you ever say that?"

"What did you do to drive him away?" she demanded.

Tears welled up in my eyes as my best friend screamed at me for something I had no control over. The person she was supposed to be yelling at was her son. I guess that was the risk of dating Skye's child: of course she'd side with her demon spawn.

I started to bawl as she looked even angrier. "You did something, didn't you?" I knew this rage came from her naive thoughts of us being together forever, having kids, blah blah blah. When she went home and calmed down would she see it was his fault and not mine? "I KNOW IT WAS YOU!" she yelled and ran out the door, leaving me standing in shock.

Is this what I was born for? To be hurt again and again and again? Why was I that unlovable? Was it the way I looked? My personality? What could it have been? At that point I didn't care. I just wanted to be left alone.

I fell to the floor with a thud and stared at the walls. I didn't deserve this, and yet I received it. It was then that I decided I would never date again. I would never open my heart to another soul so I didn't get hurt. 

Yes, it was better this way.

As I decided these things, I felt sharp pains and knew it was go time. I went up to my room and gave birth to two baby boys, Toffee and Caramel Parker! 

Skye did this at the end of her baby 50 post, so I thought I'd steal the idea. :3 

I'd like to take a minute to thank a few people.

Amber Lights- Amber has been one of my biggest supporters, especially since I started my legacy. She was the reason I started my challenge and the reason I didn't quit completely. I owe a lot to her because, really, if she wouldn't have started her baby challenge, I wouldn't have met my best friend. Thank you so much for being amazing, Amber! You're always so nice and you run an amazing blog of your own. 

Calista Smith- Calista was one of the first people I met after I started my challenge, and since then I'd like to say we've become pretty good friends! You are one of the sweetest people I know and always take a minute to comment on my work! Thank you so much for sticking around as long as you have! 

Laura Johanson- I haven't known you very long, Laura, but I really like you and would like to get to know you better. You're are the funniest person I know and always make me laugh. You're an amazing writer and you also make an effort to comment on both of my blogs. I hope you stick around for a while :D

Hadley Reed- I'd have to say you were THE FIRST person I met after I started the challenge. You were the first person to ever comment on ANYTHING of mine, which is a big deal to me. You are one of the three people to always leave feedback on my baby challenge posts, which makes me smile. :D

Ellie Wyntre- Nobody knows Ellie, really, but she's a new challenge mother. When I say new, I mean it. She has yet to post, which I will take care of the next time I see her. :3 She's one of my best friends "in real life" and I've known her for six years now. I love you with all my heart, Ellie! <3

Skye Everard- You all know my relationship with Skye. She's my best friend and is always there to leave her opinions in the writing process. If it weren't for her, I would've quit a LONG time ago. She also stopped her challenge to wait for me to catch up, which I'm sure wasn't easy. Skye, you're always there for me when I'm having problems and you're the only person I can tell literally EVERYTHING to. I'm so happy I've met you because you're one of the most special people in my life. I love you! <3